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  1. Dax

    The End.

    By Dax,

    Well, for the forseeable future.
     
    Yeah, it's over. For now. Over the past few months I've grown tired of RuneScape. It no longer holds my attention like it once did. I no longer felt the excitement I once felt when I logged in. I didn't care for logging in, but did it just for the sake of checking ports and doing dailies. Re-sub time came around and I decided not to re-sub, but to cancel my membership. I can't see the point in paying for POP and the chance of something to bring me back.
     
    So yeah, no need for a long drawn out thing. I did this a couple of weeks ago and haven't been back. So I suppose this is truly it. I can maybe see myself coming back for the new skill or a new quest or something, but for now, I'll be playing other games and doing other things.
     
    Thanks RuneScape, I still love you, but you've got nothing for me at the moment. And the constant jamming of SOF/SGS down our throats furthers the problem. But that's something different entirely.
     
    Catch ya next time, ~Dax.
  2. Dax

    02: Dax Reviews: Rage (PS3).

    By Dax,

    Fun fact, I actually completed Rage about a week before Flower. BUT TOO BAD I WROTE ABOUT FLOWER FIRST.
     
    Rage:
     
    Shelf-time: Around a year and a half.
    Time to complete: Roughly 20 hours, all things considered.
    Price: Technically free, but I had to buy two $25 games to get it, so really like 17 bucks.
     
    So, Rage. What can be said for Rage? I bought Rage after seeing it for cheap in a generic trade-in shop when I was visiting my mum. I intended to buy it a weekbefore but backed out and bought Borderlands 1 instead. I later watched some gameplay and regretted that to a degree, but that’s another story. I cleaned it up alongside the first and third Uncharted games (Then I had a quick run across to Target and bought the second Uncharted game as well). It sat on my shelf for quite a long while, as when I went to play it, it seemed too similar to Borderlands, which I had just finished.
     
    But it’s not really. It has its similarities, but my initial assumption of ‘Borderlands, without the cel-shading-sorta-business going on’ was largely inaccurate. Rage stands nicely as an excellent FPS game, with a side helping of driving. Now, I’ve never played any Doom or Quake, so I don’t have that drawing me in, I’m just a normal dude with some background with all gaming genres, so no nostalgia vision or callbacks to those two series.
     
    Rage is pretty damn awesome. With some large things giving itself a massive punch in the face, but I’ll talk about them in a sec. First, the good things. It’s good, it’s fun (Very important for a game, I hear), and there’s a large chunk of things to do and things to see. Of the FPS’s I’ve played, it’s one of the nicest to look at, though the only environments you’ll see are deserts and old factories (With a small stretch in some new futuristic factories towards the end), they look lovely. Speeding through the overworld in your dune-buggy looks very nice and it was always a pleasure to drive to and from destinations.
     
    The combat is fun and the hideouts you visit are fun to explore and have some nice little things hidden away. Shooting people in the face is quite satisfying (Very important for any shooter) and watching the bodies fall is always good. Using the little gadgets to dispose of people works well, and scavenging for parts to build them is a nice feature.
     
    Onto the story, one of the most important things I look at in a game. The story is pretty dang awesome. I’m a big fan of the dystopian future storyline, and mixing it with the massive evil corporation taking over the world storyline was a treat. But here’s where I turn the tables and I go into the previously mentioned massive bad things holding Rage back. The story ends so abruptly. Your enemy is named and talked up, the Authority is on your doorstep, you’re raiding Capital Prime, you storm the base and reach the top of the tower and prime yourself for a MASSIVE BOSS FIGHT AND... Nothing (I mean, come on, Borderlands had a final boss, it was dreadful, but it had one!). The credits roll. You win. Yay? No. A massive let down at the end, especially considering the last boss was an hour ago and against a gang leader you toppled in 20 seconds with wingsticks.
     
    Wingsticks. The kill-all. Seriously. Bandit? Throw a wingstick. Mutant? Throw a wingstick. Authority? Throw a wingstick. Wingsticks, a very cool invention, and one of the many things you can craft (Hint: It’s the main thing you’ll be crafting, so hang onto them blades). They function as a gadget, one of the little bonus weapons and are massively overpowered and the solution to every problem. So easy to dominate with them, and it just gets better when you upgrade them.
     
    Though I suppose the bandits do occasionally win and they kill you, and again, and you’re dead. And you haven’t saved in an hour.
     
    This is the final main fault, and it may be me being a pansy. The checkpoints are brutal. I’m not asking for a save every five seconds, but jeez. You’ll tackle a bandit hide-out or a new area, get 90% of the way through and die, and only then realise there was no save point in that entire hour or two you just did. That’s the point I stand up, eject the disc and throw in GTA V or whatever other game had my fancy at the time. And it happened a lot. A half-way save, even, would be better than me having to remember to save every five minutes. A few of the hide-outs I couldn’t stand to see and when I went back to do another mission there, oh god.
     
    Behind all these massive problems, though, there’s one hell of a game there. The shooting is awesome (Though I glossed over it, it is, trust me), the driving is awesome (And the races you can enter are even better) and the story hiding away is brilliant (Unfortunately it disappears in the middle of the night without so much as a note). It’s all awesomeness, but these things just made me not want to play, hence its massive shelf-time. I think the thing I’m getting at, is with a sequel, I could really get behind a Rage franchise. But I’m hearing that that ain’t happening, which is a real shame.
     
    Final rating: Try it, it’s like five bucks these days.
  3. Dax

    100: Missing, Presumed Dax.

    By Dax,

    And we're back! After a week hiatus, which happens all the time, I've gone and done a blog entry. This fortnight, I acquired A LOT of levels, man, I couldn't even count them if I tried. Alas, they were mostly all on Pokemon. Oh yeah. The only problem is that THERE ARE TOO MANY COOL POKEMON, AND I CAN ONLY HAVE SIX ON MY TEAM. :c
     
    Anyway, RS STUFF:
     


     
    76 Divination acquired, slowly getting there.
     

     
    109 Dungeoneering, going up slower than in past, thanks to leaving my daily challenges open for both Divination and Dungeoneering. It'll be 120 one day.
     

     
    Now, I was impressed with this one. I still haven't finished the final Dwarf quest because I'm lazy and it's not that good so far. I reckon if they extended this and made it a bit harder, it could have been a solid hard or grandmaster quest. But if this is a sign of what to come, I'll be excited for the rest. I feel a bit phoney, though, siding with Seren, when I don't even really know her. Anyway, quite a good quest.
     
    So. Scroll pieces! YEAH!
     

     
    GEM-FINDING. DONE.
     

     
    TREE-SHAKING. DONE.
     
    ONLY EIGHT SCROLL PIECES TO GO. YEAH!
     
    That's all for now, catch you next time, ~Dax.
  4. Dax
    With a stomach full of tacos and a head full of unknowing of what I should do, I remember that blog thing I do occasionally, so I thought I'd better do it. Two weeks worth of stuff. I haven't played too much, thanks to other pursuits, but here's what I've got for ya.
     
    First of all, I finished off the final superior ports set, Death Lotus, my lowest and least favourite fighting style (No real reason, just never been terribly fond of it). Looks pretty nifty, better than that ol' Dragonhide stuff.
     

     
    Next up, Divination, still slowly going through the skill, and reached 70! That means I'm most of the way there, right? Woo! 70+ stats yet again!





     
    Also got this level, it's kinda cool I guess:

     
    Actually, pretty happy about that. Hunter's been around for ages, and with Divination and its daily Hunter spot, it's getting cleaned up super easily.
     
     
     
     
    Also scroll pieces:



     
    Ranged, check.
     



     
    Cruelty, nearly check.
     
    And that's it.
     
    ily alg and everyone
     
    Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  5. Dax

    96: Right You Are, Kenny.

    By Dax,

    And so, my weekly blog post comes forth (SO SHUT UP CHEN), between episodes of MXC, hours upon hours of work and playing of Sleeping Dogs, I didn't really do much on RuneScape this week. Got a few levels here and there, and some other beautiful scroll pieces, but yeah. First up, we'll deal with Divination:
     



     
     
    Don't even need hide tags for this week's Divination efforts. Gonna have to work on this for 86 so I can clear the Elite tasks, and then later 99 of course, so I might have to play a bit more over this coming week. Next up I got 95 Smithing to match my Mining:
     

     
    And picked up the next level of boosts for burial armour, just because I could. I don't even care, that's how reckless I am.
     

     
    And, scroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooll pieces:


     
    Done with the Strength scrimshaw, woo!
     

     
    Started on the Ranged one now.
     
    What do we always say? DON'T. GET. ELIMINATED! Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  6. Dax
    Though less than the previous weeks, I've still got a lot of Divination levels. And I'm very close to yet another, but too lazy to go and get it. Heh. I missed the screenshot of 52 thanks to my mum calling me just as I got it. THANKS MUM. But yeah, here's them boring screenshots.
     
    [hide=Dem Div Levs]

    i got dis tho lol









    [/hide]
     
    Also got a shiny new Dungeoneering level. Only 12 to go!

     
    And a shiny new Hunter level. Only two to go! I think I could power through this quite easily. If I find the motivation to hunt, I've got 70 recharge gems and a couple of spare blank pendants. I've already used my prized ones up with this one though. Plus after that I've got a million and one clover necklaces, though it's only a tiny boost, it's something.

     
    And, a scroll piece to top it off.

     
    And that's all for this week. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  7. Dax
    Aww yeah.
     
    [hide=More of the Same!]





















    [/hide]
     
    Oh yeah, still pretty average, but I still love new skills.
     
    And, of course:
     

     
    Last of the Magic Scrimshaw scroll pieces! Woo!
     
    And first of the Strength:
     

     
    And that's all for this week. Then I was sad 'cause I missed the 51 Divination screenshot, thanks a lot mum, callin' me and stuff. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  8. Dax

    93: Daxination.

    By Dax,

    Ooooo baby. 'Bout time, Jagex. Divination is here, and though it doesn't seem like much so far, we'll see how it goes. It has indeed given me some motivation to play RS, which I haven't had in a long time, though, which is awesome. Gotta get my money's worth. Unfortunately, they released it right in the middle of the week in which my first two proper assignments for this session of uni are due in. So I've been kinda ignoring them for a while, which is kinda bad. And I'm kinda doing that right now, writing this blog entry. Now for my gains for the past week:
     
    [hide=Divination, for 27 variations of the same image, please click here!]



























    [/hide]
     
    Past that, however, I got a Mining level, thanks to BoL increased exp rates on the Mining exp.

     
    Ah, I remember when I got effigies. Finally, of course, scroll pieces, only one left for the full Magic Scrimshaw scroll.



     
    And that's all, I better go do something a little more productive, maybe after a couple more Divination levels... No. Bad Dax! Back to uni! Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  9. Dax
    And after a long absence, I have returned. One week I had nothing, one week I forgot, and the third, someone destroyed my houses' internet connection so I was without internet for around three days. I didn't play much RS at all over these few weeks, as I'm actually getting a reasonable amount of work these days. I was actually hoping for Divination to come out this week, but I knew that was unlikely. I don't know if I'll have the same reaction for Divination as I have with other new skills, as I'll likely be heading to 99 as soon as I can. Anyway, onto to the small amount of stuff I've done over these few weeks.
     
    First of all, full Seasinger!

    Two of three superior sets complete!
     
    Next up, 107 Dungeoneering, the only level I've gotten. Slowly and surely increasing this one. I'll get 120 one day!

     
    And finally:




     
    That's all of the Rocktail soup scrolls done. I used all 250 spice up and made around 1M or so, now to build that up again over time. Yay!
     
    Didn't know what Scrimshaw to get first, and I remember hearing the Elements one some time once, so I started working on that.


     
    And that's all for now. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  10. Dax

    92: The Dax of Chivalry.

    By Dax,

    'Bout time, Jagex. I needed me some good questin'. And good questin' it was. Amazingly excellent soundtrack, excellent atmosphere, pretty dang good story and a very enjoyable experience.
     

     
    Fairly short, but awesome on the whole. And I got a little lucky with my reward spins and got a nice little sword.
     

     
    Thought after I kept it that I might have changed it for cash and bought a real one, but eh, 2M ain't too much when I have a bunch around anyway. Nice for Fashionscape.
     

     
    Got me a nice shiny Hunter level, too.
     
    And some delicious scroll pieces. Finished the Elements scroll and made a bunch of those scrimshaws, making a nice little sum.
     

     
    And that's all for now, catch you next time, ~Dax.
  11. Dax
    First of all, yes, you are.
     
    Less importantly, but still incredibly important, SCROLL PIECES.



     
    That's all for armour piece scrolls, for now. I'll move onto Rocktail soup to use up my spices, then I'll work on scrimshaws.
     
    Used up some chi for these,

     
    And some lacquer for these!

     
    I also got a few levels these past two weeks, but who cares 'bout them?



     
    And that's all. Oh, I also put a bug on your pillow. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  12. Dax
    First of all this week, here I am wielding my brand new Chaotic Staff, which the Orphanage of Torvaed Children donated to me for being so cool. Good thing they're not releasing new higher-level magic gear any time soon! Heh. Hehe. Hmm. Oh well. I'm not gonna be able to afford it anyway, so I don't caaaaare!
     
    Pretty reasonable week this week, got a couple of levels and such, as per usual. Here's a couple for ya:
     

    96 Magic, awesome, slowly getting there. Not sure when I'll do it, but it's going somewhere.
     

    105 Dungeoneering, also steadily raising. I've had a bunch of daily-reset tokens from SoF for ages, so I took on this daily to use them up. On a somewhat related note, I've fought the Hope Devourer three times now and never gotten his music track. What's up with that? I want to delete it from my list.
     
    And for those scroll-piece fans, don't you worry, I've got some:
     

    That's the last one for the Lotus Legs. Awesome.
     

    First of the helm. Also awesome.
     
    And that's it again. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  13. Dax
    Aww yeah. Finished off Dominion Tower! And you know what that means!
     



     
    And the final Dominion marker, which is cool to see.

     
    Got one other level this week, 94 Mining. Slowly and steadily rising.

     
    And don't you worry, guys, I'm still getting those scroll pieces I know you love:



     
    And that's all for this week, I'm going to sleep. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  14. Dax
    First and foremost, here I am soloing Nex unarmed. From this kill I acquired no less that 69 Torva Platebodies, all of which I donated to an orphanage.
     
    I'll start up with a nice little level. 104 Dungeoneering. Excellent. 16 to go! Woo!

     
    Next up, I'll give you some scrolls, because I know you love them. First, the final Death Lotus Body Scroll. Aww yeah.
     

     
    And I had some spare Lacquer lying around, so I thought I'd make it into a body.
     

     
    And I'm already on the way to Death Lotus Legs. Already on three of four scrolls, with the fourth on the way, or so I hope.
     



     
    And here it is, the greatest thing that's happened in some time, finally finished Livid Farm.

     
    And some spell unlocks.




     
    And that's it! The final countdown is now. Only skills and Fight Kiln to go. So excited. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  15. Dax
    Skipped a week as I had one thing to show for it, a scroll piece, so I worked hard and got a whole bunch more! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay scroll pieces!






    Now I've got to get the chi to finish my set, and work on getting Death Lotus scroll pieces.
     
    Also got some levels, but they're boring:
     

    Smithing! Yay! Might be on the list for my next 99, but I'll have to mine a lot to bring that up to the level. Not getting one without the other.
     

    Next up, Magic, oh baby, fire surge. Need to head up to da L-F to get dem last spellz, bro.
     

    And finally, Dungeoneering. Gonna get 120 one of these days. Woo!
     
    And that's all. I have an exam to study for. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  16. Dax
    Yeah, I don't even like the movie that much, I just really like the title.
     
    Little bit of cool stuff this week, like me finally getting Tetsu Legs! Woo!
     

     
    Wait. What's that? I got the helm as well!? Yes I did, Other Dax, yes I did.
     

     
    Full Tetsu is sexy. But Dax, we ask, how did you get that Plate you needed? Simple, this!
     

     
    And finally, on the Ports note, I got another scroll piece:
     

     
    Awesome stuff. I also acquired a few levels, Hunting all those Charm Sprites last week landed me nice and close to a level there, so with lamps and a little more training, I pushed myself to another level, 94!
     

     
    Lastly, but not least importantly, 102 Dungeoneering. 118.5k free exp a day is awesome. I love it.
     

     
    Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  17. Dax
    Thought I'd better get rid of one of the easier Completionist goals, and the most recent addition. 1,000 Charm Sprites. Took me a couple of days, but on the whole, very easy, and a nice chunk of exp.
     

     
    Next up, I bought another thing from Dungeoneering. The Scroll of Efficiency. I plan to get 99 Smithing soon, and if I never do Warbands, I'll save a little with this, and I have a bunch of tokens I'll never use anyway, so, win-win.
     

     
    Finally, another scroll piece.

     
    Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  18. Dax
    Dang TIF going down, made me do two in one. I've been getting a reasonable chunk of work recently, and I've also had a bunch of uni to do as well, so I haven't had much motivation or need to play RS, so I've done quite little (And I should really be finishing up my webpage for an assignment due Friday, but eeeeh). A reasonable chunk of time playing lately has been spent at the Livid Farm, trying to use up my Paws before they lose their power, which is getting very close, and so, I've unlocked yet another spell, and killed off another large portion of what I'm finding to be the most monotonous and un-likeable things about my journey to Completionist.
     

     
    Also been doing a dungeon a day for my daily challenge (130K Dungeoneering exp for 15 minutes at the most each day? Yes please), and so the exp's been stacking up, and here's 101!
     

     
    And with all those dungeons, comes all those tokens, I decided to buy the only prayer I need to buy for Completionist these days, Rapid Renewal, even though I'll never use it.
     

     
    And here come the Ports, lots of stuff here over the past couple of weeks. Finished off the scroll for the Seasinger Robe Top:
     

    [imagine one for the fourth scroll piece here, I didn't think and skipped past it]
     
    And finished one of the sets of Trio Voyages! Woo!
     

     
    Quin is dead, Hubbub, Quin is dead! Not the one I most wanted, but still awesome, and the fifty Chi helped out this little thing:
     

     
    Now we wait for the other Trio to re-appear, I failed my last attempt. :c Anyway, that's all for these two weeks. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  19. Dax

    82: 100.

    By Dax,

    Very little this week. I got this with only three hours left in the week. 100 Dungeoneering! Huzzah!

     
    And the second scroll for the Seasinger Robe Top.

     
    And that's all for this very boring week. Sorry I didn't have any more. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  20. Dax
    This week sorta got out of hand, no idea how it happened, but I got a lot of stuff done, and I'm glad. First thing's first, and the thing from this week I'm most happy about is 99 Dungeoneering. Woo! Slowly working up the tokens to buy the only Prayer (The only reward I need to buy at the moment) I need for Completionist.

     
    Next up, a couple of levels. Happy about both of these, and they both sat around with very little exp to the next level for a long while. First, Magic:
     

     
    Yay Vengeance and Ice Barrage! Next is Fire Surge, also looking forward to that, as I actually use the normal spellbook. Next up was Hunter:
     

     
    Which I'm happy to see steadily rising.
     
    Next up, the Shambling Lair. I thiiink that may be all 'secret' islands unlocked, which is awesome. Hope to see more Oxheads join my crew, got one straight up, but that's it so far.
     

     
    And finally, something I'm super happy about, two more Livid Farm spells. I need to use up my Hati Paws soon, so I've been spending a lot of time at the Livid Farm, acquiring two more spells I'll never use!
     

     

     
    Thanks to Supernatural for this level, my recent TV show watching pursuit.
     
    Going away for a couple of days tomorrow, so there might not be much next week, but still, catch you next time, ~Dax.
  21. Dax
    Welcome to the first of what I hope to be a three part series. This week, I completed the Missionary's final story voyage and acquired the plate necessary for the Tetsu platebody!
     

     
    I've got 15 plate now, and that's a quarter of the way to the next piece, which won't be for a few more weeks, but I'm eagerly awaiting that. But Dax, I hear you say. The final Missionary voyage? Doesn't that mean you have to be in...
     

     
    The Pincers! Woo! That, as well as opening up a lot of awesome Port stuff, crosses off another Trimming requirement. Woo!
     
    I also began work on Seasinger robes, they'll be my scroll goal (Heh, rhyming) for now. The first piece:
     

     
    And finally, 93 Smithing. Slowly getting closer and closer.
     

     
    Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  22. Dax
    First, a Dominion Tower update!

    Slayed Sunfreet! Woo! I thought there was a damage cap, so I thought it might have been more difficult, but there isn't and it was reasonably easy, only a couple of deaths due to not knowing the patterns of fire well enough.
     
    Also huzzah! Finally finished the Brink of Extinction. Got stuck on one of the rooms and finally got through it this week. EoC messed me up, I'm still not used to it.

     
    And got 93 Mining!

     
    And 93 Ranged, of course!

     
    Two Dungeoneering levels. I'm powering through these levels with 100k exp a day with daily challenges.
     


     
    And finally, the third quarter of the Tetsu Helm! Not sure what scrolls I'll be going for after this. Probably Seasinger or something. Unless there's a good Scrimshaw to get.

     
    Anyway, that's all for this week. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  23. Dax

    77: 99 Crafting!

    By Dax,

    Kinda forgot to do my blog yesterday, so I'm probably a bit late, but I have no idea how American time works, so I might still be on Wednesday there. But here's 99 Crafting!
     



     
    Not sure what to do now, but I have access to Warped floors now!
     

     
    And I also did some Port stuff.
     



     
    That's all of Tetsu Legs, and half of the Tetsu helm!
     
    Catch you next time, ~Dax.
  24. Dax
    I aimed to have 99 Crafting up and ready to go, and I would have, but some things jumped in the way and I couldn't get it done tonight. I'm 25K exp away, but I can't get it just yet. Plus I have to work early tomorrow and I can't just do it then. Kinda annoying, but it's all good. Also my internet stopped working when I got 98 Crafting. SO I MISSED THE DANG SCREENSHOT. First one I've missed since 80-something Ranged, which I accidentally forgot when I went to grab some food while fighting Vyrewatch once upon a time. On the other hand, I got some other nice levels, so not all bad this week.
     
    First of all, though, I acquired a new island destination in POP. Winds' Home. I really enjoy unlocking things in Ports. I don't care for the armours or whatever that I'm working towards (Though that will be a nice bonus), but I really enjoy seeing more and more of the Archipelago (Which is pretty much the best word ever, too) open up. Also seeing my crew, captains and ships get better with time.

     
    I must take a moment of silence here, though, as this week marked the passing of my favourite captain I've ever had, Be-Ever Humble Song. A brave and noble captain, who gave his life to save the crew members (A couple of Judge of Dice and a Beurocrat were there, so that's pretty good that they didn't die too) aboard. RIP Be-Ever Humble Song. I will try and name my forth ship after your legacy.
     
    Next up this week was a nice little level, one of which I love to see getting up more and more, as there's a hell of a lot of it to go. 94 Dungeoneering! Next level, we'll be seeing 95, and the shiny new red floors, and some shiny new bosses to murder. Quite excited for that.

     
    And finally, halfway! 92 Hunter, which also brings me up to 92+ Stats (Awww yeah). Getting a lot of exp thanks to the Guthixian butterflies. Also, now it has become my skill to dump my exp on, so this'll be going up super fast from now on.

     
    Catch you next time, where you'll definitely have 99 Crafting, ~Dax.
  25. Dax
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrBGUqNBEgE
     
    Huzzah! 99 Agility!



     
    Quite glad to get this one out of the way. Went super quickly, thanks to Skoll boots, penguins and trolls.
     
    And also an update to my Dominion Tower ways, though not much has happened there.

     
    May or may not have another 99 for ya next week. We'll see how it goes. Catch you next time, ~Dax.
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